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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Happy Holidays To Me! And To You All As Well, Of Course...

I cannot believe what I have just found! My Christmas has just been made! Allow me to explain...

All morning, I have had this song going round & round in my head - (Come Up & See Me) Make Me Smile by Steve Harley & The Cockney Rebel - don't know why, haven't heard it in ages. Then I got to thinking about my very favorite version of that song, which was done live by my very favorite band when I was young, Duran Duran. I'm sure I still have it on cassette somewhere, buried in my closet. If you don't know what a cassette is, please don't tell me, 'cause I will want to hurt you. ;) I digress. So anyway, I go on YouTube, thinking that I'll just have to post the original version of the song, but then I hit the jackpot...
This is Duran Duran performing (Come Up & See Me) Make Me Smile live at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1982... I still cannot believe that I found this...

Then I got to thinking about my very favorite Duran Duran concert, As The Lights Go Down, that I used to have on VHS & watched over & over (& over) again. So I searched the songs on YouTube & I found the whole effing concert! Recorded live in 1984 in Oakland, California, these boys were the best live act of that time, imho. If you've never seen these, do yourself a favor & watch them. It will be worth your while. My recs... New Religion, The Seventh Stranger, The Chauffeur & Careless Memories are all must see's. Enjoy!

As The Lights Go Down Part 1 - Tiger Tiger (Intro) & Is There Something I Should Know?

As The Lights Go Down Part 2 - Hungry Like The Wolf & Union Of The Snake

As The Lights Go Down Part 3 - New Religion & Save A Prayer

As The Lights Go Down Part 4 - Rio & The Seventh Stranger

As The Lights Go Down Part 5 - The Chauffeur & Planet Earth

As The Lights Go Down Part 6 - Careless Memories & Girls On Film

I hope you enjoyed the concert & I hope that you and yours have a wonderful, safe & blessed time this festive season, wherever you are.

Just found your blog through starfish422's blog...love Jackson and Jasper but this is actually a DD comment! :)

LOVE Come Up and See Me Smile too!

They just released the Hammersmith show on a DVD/CD. There's an audio CD along with a DVD of the concert. My friends just got it for me a few weeks ago for my birthday. So no need for cassettes, anymore yay! :)(Hopefully you can find it in South Africa)

@Anonymous Erin - If I could have left him in a box for you under your tree, I would have. ;) On second thoughts, if I had him, I totes would've kept him for myself! LOL! :P

@Bouncy72 - If I could have, I would have left you a nekkid Rob wrapped in a big red ribbon! After I had my wicked way with him, natch! LOL!

@CherBella - Thanks for coming to visit my blog & commenting & bookmarking it & following me on Twitter. :D *stops to take a breath* I'm so glad you love Come Up & See Me, too. A fellow Durannie is always welcome here. :)Thanks so much for letting me know about the Hammersmith show on DVD/CD. I probably wouldn't be able to find it here in SA, but there's a website I use that orders stuff from overseas, so I'll get it that way. Can't wait! Now that cassette can stay buried. ;)

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I love all things Twilight, which you may already know. I have been a FF addict for 3 years now & I'm still not looking for a cure. I started out reading only E/B pairings, then I developed a penchant for J/B pairings thanks to the impressive writing skills of the lovely & talented Cullen818, who made me fall in love with Jasper. Thus the Team Jacksper blog was born, but after Jackson took that smirk too far one too many times for me, I just started losing interest (granted, there were other reasons too). So I abandoned the blog for a while & now I've decided to use it again to post any banners / wallpapers I make or to blab about fics I adore. Lately I find myself mainly reading AH E/B fics, especially funny ones. Love them! Also, I refuse to keep my love for HHH Robert Pattinson on the DL any longer. ;)